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David_20735
Nimbostratus
NimbostratusB4300 blade and vCMP
The "vCMP VIPRION Configuration guide" says if a vCMP runs on all slots, the system allocates two CPU cores from each available slot to a vCMP guest.
http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/prod...1-2-1.html
But SOL 14218 says the B4300 will allocate 4 CPU cores to a vCMP guest.
http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solu...14218.html
I wonder there are two B4300 blades,
1) run the vCMP guest on the all the slots, how may CPU cores will be allocated to a vCMP guest.
2) run the vCMP guest on a single slot, how many CPU cores will be allocated to a vCMP guest.
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ReganAndersonEmployee
Hi David, SOL 14218 is correct. In scenario 1 (all slots - 2 blades present) your guest would be allocated 8 cores. In scenario 2 (single slot - 2 blades present) your guest would be allocated 4 cores.
Hope that helps!
Regan
David_20735Thanks Regan.- David_20735Talk to the F5 engineer, he said the SOL 14218 could be wrong, he will check with support and get the SOL 14218 correct. Is there anybody who is using the B4300? Thanks.
- ReganAndersonHi David, looking at SOL 14218 again and comparing it to some other material available on F5.com the "two cores per blade" rule applies. You would have four cores allocated to a guest that spanned two blades. With only one blade you would have two cores allocated. My apologies for the misinformation in my last post.
- David_20735No worries Regan. the F5 documents are inconsistent and cause confusion.
